Avant-Dernières Pensées

One of the most outstanding artists in the minimalist corner of alternative music in Barcelona in the eighties was Avant-Dernieres Pensées. Anton Ignorant (Antonio López Pastor), alias under which a former announcer of Radio Pica worked, is the only member and responsible of this unit specialized in domestic collages in the industrial wave echoing the sound of artists such Residents, John Cage or Throbbing Gristle. 

 

Ignorant, a key piece of the scene, was part of different groups such as Macromassa, Secreto Metro, Clónicos or Superelvis. His first two recordings were two cassettes, 'Arte Deshecho' in 1984 and 'Nachtmusik y Total Distortion' in 1985. IEP, Luis Mesa's label, released the tape '¿Música enferma?' in 1984 as a compilation of different bands such as Comando Bruno, Avant-Dernières Pensées, Recursos Ajenos, Sistemas de Programación, Línea Táctica, La Parada de los Monstruos, El Estado y la Historia, Proyecto Merz, Zusammenwachsen and Interacción. 

 

In 1985 they record a split with three other groups from Barcelona: Melodinamika Sensor, 32 Guajar's Faragüit and Camino al Desván. The album is released by Esplendor Geométrico Discos. The following year, another compilation is released with the track 'Waffen SS' in the album '6 Nuevas Bandas Catalanas', released by the label Grabaciones Góticas, together with Buildings, Sangre Cristiana, Donación Agnelli, Los Humillados and Ai Las Tibet. 

 

After a new tape entitled 'Descomposición Elemental', comes their first and only LP in 1986, 'Radiante Porvenir', once again edited by Esplendor Geométrico Discos, label that would also record, that same year, a split album with Comando Bruno entitled 'Muestras Sin Valor', and another with Victor Nubla, 'Delirio de Dioses', the latter signed with their names and published by Fusión de Producciones. Two years later, Ignorant appears in a cassette compilation entitled 'Veterinarios del K'os: Miedo', and finally, his last recording was the track "Radia Por II" included in the compilation 'Alter Músiques Natives' already in 1995. 

 

In 2013, the song "Masturbación" is included in the triple CD part of the album-book edited by Munster Records and written by the journalist Jaime Gonzalo, entitled 'La Ciudad Secreta', a musical historical compendium of what was the experimental rock in Barcelona between 1971 and 1991. In 2008 Ignorant moved to Buenos Aires where he continued his artistic activity. Since 2015 he taught at the Theatre and Performance Area of the Faculty of Design and Communication at the University of Palermo. In August 2019 Anton Ignorant passed away in Buenos Aires. [SOURCE: GRUPOS NACIONALES NUEVA OLA 80]